Definition of correct

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Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..

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Misaffirm :: Misaffirm (v. t.) To affirm incorrectly.
Misrehearse :: Misrehearse (v. t.) To rehearse or quote incorrectly.
Orient :: Orient (v. t.) Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Curious :: Curious (a.) Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Specious :: Specious (a.) Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument..
Remediless :: Remediless (a.) Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss..
Myopia :: Myopia (n.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens..
Disciplinary :: Disciplinary (a.) Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct..
Orthographize :: Orthographize (v. t.) To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod..
Right :: Right (a.) Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done..
Collationer :: Collationer (n.) One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc..
Preventative :: Preventative (n.) That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
Amendment :: Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Rightly :: Rightly (adv.) According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly.
Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Qualifying; limiting.
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..
Certiorari :: Certiorari (n.) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court..
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